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White adds honors to his cage resume

By horace hinshaw

Pacifica Tribune Sports Editor

Posted:
03/19/2013 05:03:13 PM PDT

Updated:
03/19/2013 05:03:14 PM PDT

San Francisco State senior guard/forward Decensae White has been selected to the 2013 Daktronics West Region men's basketball team. White was a Second Team selection as voted on by the West Region members of D2SIDA, NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors Association.

This is the second post season team that White has been named to this month. Earlier he was one of three Gators named to the First Team All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). White joined teammate Calvin Otiono on the First Team while William Overton, Jr. was a Second Team selection. This was the most All-CCAA selection that the Gators have had since joining the league in 1998.

White averaged 12.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 31.7 minutes per game for the Gators this season as he started in all 28 games. He shot 42.7 percent from the field, 31.2 percent from three's and 63.8 percent from the charity stripe. The senior transfer blocked 25 shots and recorded 23 steals while leading the team in scoring and rebounding.

He was named to the Ron Logsdon Classic All-Tournament Team in November. Then in February, White was named the Wilson/CCAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week.

The Gators finished the season with a 16-12 overall record and 13-9 in the CCAA. SF State finished tied for fourth place in the CCAA and received its second bid to the CCAA Basketball Championships in the past three seasons. The Gators defeated Cal State L.A. 57-47 in a First Round game at The Swamp on March 5 and then lost 60-54 to #4 Cal Poly Pomona in Ontario, Calif., on March 8.

Players selected to the region first team will now be listed on the Daktronics All-American national ballot. The All-American team will be announced tomorrow.